Wednesday, November 24, 2010

myPNRstatus is a free online SMS alert service to minimize the worries of Indian Railway Travelers by eliminating the need for them to go online again and again in order to get the information about their PNR status or Delay in Train Timings.

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Ah , but when you have a confirmed ticket, you still need to go online and find the current Train timings. It is not uncommon to have your train delayed by more than an hour.

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Wait-listed tickets in Indian Rail are very common and so is the frequent delay in arrivals/departures of trains. Generally it becomes pretty painful to go online/ call up Indian Rail IVRS again and again to find out our latest PNR Status/ Train Timings.

www.mypnrstatus.com will send you FREE SMS Alerts periodically whenever your PNR status changes or there is a change in your train timing.You just need to key in your PNR number and your mobile number on the website once to avail this facility.

Do go through the privacy policy of the service provider before availing the facility.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Had a chit chat with ma friends about 'Why Cricket is more famous than football in India?'

I was arguing that people in India will watch Asia Cup rather than watching FIFA World Cup which is much more popular around the globe.

My point was basic physical fitness. I would say Cricket is much lazier game compared to Football and hence people in India prefer Cricket to Football.

My friend argued Cricket needs equal physical fitness and that you need more mental strength for C which in turn requires good physical fitness and the popularity of Cricket in India compared to Football is not because of the physical fitness.

Monday, January 25, 2010

A couple of weeks back i received a sms stating the IIT Saarang festival begins on 21st Jan 2010, and I immediately went to their website to view the details.

On day one it was Balamuralikrishna's opening ceremony and planned to attend the concert. (I could not make it actually)

After seeing the Popular nite page I was really thrilled as I had already missed their previous concert at the same venue some 4 yrs back.Immediately tried to gather the entry pass details and found it was to be booked online.

A week passed and J called me asking if i had booked the entry passes seeing the ad in TOI. By the time I could try it online it was full. Was very disappointed.

Somehow J managed to get a pass from happy gal, and I was hoping to get a pass at the venue on the D day!!

Unfortunately J could not make it to the concert. Guess who was the happiest person?

Started at 6 and reached IIT and was waiting in the entry frisking queue.

Around half an hour past seven I went in. The dancing bowl was filled with blue chairs and the gallery was already jam packed.

Fusion performers 'Maya' were performing. I had already attended their performance at a festival in Saidapet and its a very good band. Later I cleared my doubt, they were the winners and runners up in Light Music competition it seems. Here is a sample of their talent.

The missing pieces were the violinist whom i saw at their previous performance and a bass guitarist. The trio has got a great voice and I wish they become a great professional band and perform in many parts of the world.

It was two hour non stop performance, with very humorous crowd engagement by Shankar Mahadevan.

The lead female singer Anushka was sexy, beautiful and had a great voice. She performed some three solo songs and later joined with shankar.

There was another singer named Raman, who had sung some numbers for SEL and what to say. His was also great.

Singer karthik was spotted, who went on to stage on Shankar's request and sang some three songs. What a voice.

Also spotted was Unni Menon. No he did not perform.

They performed all their popular songs, almost all the numbers from Rock On. Dil chatha hai, jonny gaddar etc. Later Shankar gave an intro of his band and said the drummer and Bass Guitarist at the concert were the real drummers for Rock On. Vow.

Loy and Ehaasan were very cool and their performance was awesome. One can learn a lot from this band.

The crowd gave a 'Breathless' request, and we were gifted with Shankar performing it live.First time watching him perform in a live concert.

SEL is a great band and i pray god they compose for many more movies and enthrall the masses.

In the end Shankar made us roar, Jai Hind thrice.

End Of the Day , I was the happiest soul on earth after the concert.

Once again Jai Ho!!! :)

PS: My Jai Ho concert experience here.(and the missing connection is I was single and not with any gang all thru the concert)

Three reasons why I cant forget the day:

The way i got the entry pass to this concert, saw my favourite singers shankar,karthik and Unni Menon very close to me,and lastly my seating loaction at the venue ;)